Portraits Era Historical Cultural

Artworks by Julia offers assorted custom designed and painted tile art portraits based on the works and illustrations of “The Complete Costume History” by Auguste Racinet.

The historical portraits shown gives insights into the traditional ancestry dress, garb, folkwear and costumes of specific era cultures, social positions or standing. The clothes or national period clothing also reveals vocations or work performed by the people of the various nationalities of the era, European and colonial.

Each tile painting portrait was hand painted by Julia on a single six inch ceramic tile. These tiles can be used or incorporated into a kitchen backsplash tile mural, fireplace, hearth surround accent tiles or anywhere decorative tiles are desired.